Kevin McKenna
Herald Scotland
United Kingdom
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Nicola Sturgeon is chiefly to blame for the damage to the SNP
A BEGUILING narrative has begun to emerge among some commentators and political analysts about the nature of the SNP leadership contest. It… → Read More
What really goes on behind the scenes of SNP hustings?
SCOTLAND’S political press posse is a formidable unit when it’s out on manoeuvres. They’ve all gathered here today on the Royal Mile in an… → Read More
'Much of this process involves a callous erosion of womanhood'
IN a verdant nook of douce Edinburgh amidst neatly-trimmed foliage, the lady who exposed her pudenda in the public gallery of the Scottish… → Read More
'I'll hand independence back to the Yes movement' – vows Ash Regan
ASH Regan says she wants to “hand independence back to the people” if she’s elected leader of the SNP. → Read More
The targeting of Kate Forbes shames the SNP and Scotland
THE race to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as First Minister of Scotland has begun and already there are signs that it will become a deeply unpleasant one.… → Read More
Kevin McKenna's Diary: I love a party with a happy atmosphere
RISING from the ashes of Nicola Sturgeon’s eight-year reign as First Minister of Scotland there is hope among some of the party’s internal… → Read More
My afternoon drinking with Nicola Sturgeon
IN a less careworn time, Nicola Sturgeon and I embarked upon a daylight drinking session in Heraghty’s Bar, a signature tavern of Glasgow’s… → Read More
Admiral pub boss vows: we'll be back in business in two weeks
WHEN the Admiral Bar on Glasgow’s Waterloo Street announced suddenly last week that it was closing, the outpouring of grief was akin to a death in… → Read More
Kevin McKenna: Inside Glasgow's new Atantic Quay financial district
It sprawls across three old Glasgow streets which once conducted the traffic of older trade routes → Read More
Health expert issues warning over assissted dying
WHEN privileged groups impose bespoke ethics to remove humanity’s unsightly wrinkles, it’s usually the powerless and the marginalised who suffer… → Read More
Kevin McKenna at Scottish TUC's strike rally
IN a district that commemorates the avarice of empire, they gathered to proclaim revolt. Glasgow’s Merchant City is named for the barons whose… → Read More
'I got called a Glaswegian name-dropper ' – John Quigley
JOHN QUIGLEY calls it his Sodom and Gomorrah decade. In the 1980s and 1990s, he spent several years on the road as the touring chef with some of the… → Read More
Galashiels named Scotland's happiest town
In Galashiels this week – and not for the first time – I breenged in clumsily when a situation required delicacy. → Read More
Why Labour will do nothing to protect workers
AT Parkhead Cross in Glasgow’s east end in May 2015 an elderly gentleman listed some of the reasons why he would be switching his life-long… → Read More
Violence Reduction Unit's Karyn McCluskey on hidden costs of Pandemic
KARYN McCluskey has been advocating for a more radical and enlightened approach to tackling violent crime for most of her career. In 2005, with the… → Read More
How a few good men fought Franco and fascism
WILLY MALEY recalls the moment in 2020 he was transported back more than 80 years to meet his father, James, as he fought General Franco in the… → Read More
Unions are not the right target for our anger
AN insidious suite of reprisals comes into play when the UK establishment attempts to disparage lawful trade union activity. The fix is put in… → Read More
Thought curfews on campus stand in contrast to Glasgow radio stars
Kevin McKenna on the week that was. → Read More
They are parents, sons and daughters: Walking with Glasgow's homeless
Kevin McKenna walks the streets of Glasgow, hearing the stories of the city's homeless and the people throwing them a lifeline. → Read More
Nicola Sturgeon's authority is starting to ebb away
STEPHEN FLYNN won’t be losing any sleep over reports that Nicola Sturgeon “did not take” to him following their recent meeting. Most Scottish… → Read More